Ice-cream freezer



(No Model.)

H. MORRIS.

1GB GREAM' FRBEZER.

Patented Nov. 8,1881.

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HENRY Monats, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SIEECIFICATIONV forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,384, datedNovember 8, 1881.

Application filed September 24, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY MORRIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bhiladelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIce-Cream Freezers; and I do hereby declare the following to and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the-art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings,aud to the letters orgures of reference marked thereon,which form a partof this specification.

This invention relates to implements for freezing ice-cream and similararticles; and it consists in certain improvementsin the con4 structionof the` same, as herein shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l represents a plan view of an ice-cream freezer having my Fig. 2isa vertical central section of the same.

In the said drawings,A designates the outer vessel or casing of the`implement, and B the can which is placed therein, suitable space, C,being left for the ice betweenV the can and the casing, as shown. Thecan is provided with a removable cover,D, secured thereto in anysuitable manner. To the under sideof said cover, at the center,is madefast a gear-wheel, E, and directly over the same, and to the upper sideof the cover, is fastened a beveled gear, F. The can has formed on'thebottom, which fits in a socket, c, fixed to or made in the bottom oftheouter vessel, A, so that the can has a pivotal bearing and maybe readilyrotated Within said vessel. The projection a is hollow, and forms asocket to receive the end of a vertical shaft, G, placed in the can andat the center thereof, said shaft'extending upward through an aper-`ture in the cover D and gear-Wheels E and F. The upper end, e, of theshaftGis square, and enters a corresponding aperture in the crosspiece Hat the top of the vessel A, so that the shaft is held stationary whenthe can B is rotated. The said cross-piece, which sustains beingcommunicated through gearing 1,E, and

F to the can B, the latter is also rotated. 4'

Under the gear-wheel E, and extending from.

the shaft G, to which it is fastened', is an arm,

g, and another horizontal arm, h, extends from said shaft at its lowerend, as shown.

The stirrer I is held in a vertical position by the arms g and It, beingpivoted at t'- to the said arms, and is actuated by a gear-Wheel, k,which engages with the gear-wheel E. `Ihe last-named wheel, beinglarger'than wheel 7c, is usually made with an odd number of teeth, andthe wheel k with an even number of teeth, so that each stroke of thestirrer I with reference tothe contents of the can is different 'fromthe last preceding stroke. Y

The cross-piece H has at one end a detachable hingeconnecti'on with Athetop ofthe vessel A by means of a rung, my, which rests in a seat, a,secured to the top of the vessel, as shown, and provided With a verticalpart, Z, extending upward, against which the cross-piece may rest y whenit is raised from thevessel, as indicated in the drawings in Fig. 2. Theopposite end of the cross-piece, when in place, rests in a seat, o,iixedto the top of the casing, asshown.

In operation motion is imparted to the can B, as above stated, throughgearing d, E, and

F, the shalt G remaining stationary as the cany is rotated; and thegear-wheel la, engaging with gear E, causes the stirrer torotate rapidlyin a direction opposite to that of the movement of the can, the movementot' the stirrer being such as to drive the cream nearest to the ice(being the first to con geal) toward the center of the can, so that thewhole contents is rapidly and thoroughly frozen.

I claim as my invention- Il. In an ice-cream freezer, the revolving canB, provided with the cover D, having secured lthereto the bevel-gear F,the non-revolving central shaft, G, former of which carries agear-wheel, k, which having the arms g and h, the

as and for the purpose set forth.

`5 2. In an ice-cream freezer, the cross-head H,

carrying the gear d and arranged to receive the square-head of theuonrevo1ving central shaft, G, in combination with the can B, cover D,and attached gear-wheel F, and the gears E 7c, arranged to give a rotarymotion to the 1o' stirrer'I, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY MORRIS. e

Witnesses:

Trios. D. MoWLDs, Oris EGAN.

